A roadmap for automated power line inspection. Maintenance and repair.

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 12, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-239

  Pagnano, A ^a   Hopf M ^a   Teti, R ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION IPA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fully automated power line inspection concept; Power line data management system; Rwr; Vtol uavs

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INSPECTION; MANUFACTURE; REPAIR;

ABNORMAL CONDITIONS; AUTONOMOUS MOBILE PLATFORMS; CORONA DISCHARGES; LIVE LINE INSPECTIONS; POWER LINE INSPECTIONS; POWER LINES; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886773634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128271     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2013.09.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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